North America Arms Mini Revolver

[misunderestimated]

Does anybody have one of these? Do they run? I am looking for some thing to use as a snake gun, and these just seem like a no brainer. they have a kydex necklace or even a pocket clip fold grip. I was going to get in the shortest barrel they have

Firearms

Now I know from past experience every one is going to tell me the smallest caliber I should carry is a 45 ,but I am just looking for the tiniest smallest gun to take with me in the woods and I plan on using CCI snake shot in LR22

 

[HighlandLofts]

I have had both the North American and the Freedom Arms mini 22 revolvers. Shooting them was fine, but actually hitting something is something different.

For a snake gun I'd go with something bigger. I have three derringers, two in 38 caliber and a Bond Cowboy defender in 45LC/410 shotgun.

Between me and a rattle snake or cotton mouth I'll go with the bigger calibers.

For regular pain in the ass garder snake , milk snake and the like it really wouldn't matter if you killed it or not.

 

[misunderestimated]

I have had both the North American and the Freedom Arms mini 22 revolvers.

Never heard of freedom arms , thanks which one was a better Quaility

 

[HighlandLofts]

I believe Freedom Arms is the predicessor of North American Arms. Locally they are bringing a premium price, about $400. They also had the belt buckle holster for them where you push a button to get the gun out instead of the clip like the NAA guns have.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

I hear the term "snake gun" and I always wonder. Is that for like when you're hunting or something and the snake refuses to leave the exact spot you want to set up at? Like don't snakes usually high tail it as soon as you get near them? Or is it for actually hunting snakes?

 

[HighlandLofts]

Most people I know who use snake guns use them for shooting rattle snakes in rattle snake country. Most of them carry a small J-Frame 38 with bird shot loaded in it. Very few people that I know who shoot snakes very seldom shoot regular unharmful snakes.

But some people just don't like any snake and shoot every one they see.

 

[togmaster]

This is a snake gun.

 

[Bananabandit]

I have the NAA Wasp with both 22lr and mag. Also 22 short. Nice little guns.

 

[Podmonkey]

This is a snake gun.

Oooh! I thought it was a down payment on a mortgage!

 

[misunderestimated]

I order one with my Local Gun store. Cant wait to play with it.I just wonder how much energy will those 22LR shot shells have in them

 

[HighlandLofts]

I just got back from cabelas, they had a NAA mini 22 for $149.

 

[misunderestimated]

I just got back from cabelas, they had a NAA mini 22 for $149.

That's super cheap

 

[Bananabandit]

I just got back from cabelas, they had a NAA mini 22 for $149.

Mustve been used.

 

[thegatman]

Good buy and Buy Buy.

 

[Darth]

I have one in 22 Mag and LR. The mag in that tiny gun is really a hand stinger.

 

[HighlandLofts]

It is a used gun and not worth the $149 it in my opinion. About $75 I'd buy it.

This is my first choice for a snake gun when I do venture into rattle snake / cotton mouth territory.

Bond 45LC/410 loaded with #6 shot 410, I paid $385 with the leather holster.
Loaded with buckshot makes a dandy vest pocket personal safety gun as well.

For reloads I had the thin canvas shell/cartridge pouch made up,it holds 5-45LC cartridges and 5-410 shotgun shells. You can mix or match any combination of ammo you feel comfortable carrying.





This is where I got the idea for the shell/cartridge pouch from. I bought it on E-Bay and thought it was a piece of shit and I needed something better to fit my personal needs. I don't like any one seeing the extra ammo I pack around.





I had pouches made for my speed strips as well for 38/357, 44mag/45LC.





I need to buy some 32 caliber and 22 caliber speed strips and get some ammo pouches made for them one of these days.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

But some people just don't like any snake and shoot every one they see.

This makes the most sense to me.

 

[HighlandLofts]

I use to feel the same way until about twenty years ago. If I shoot any now it's because they are to close to where there is a lot of human activity going on or if they pose any threat.
But going to the Everglades to shoot boa constrictors and pythons would be FUN!
But I think I'd go with a regular 410 shotgun for that purpose.
Maybe next trip to Florida. Any one interested in a dual purpose Florida trip, Fishing & Snake hunting?

 

[Saltwater60]

I never understood why people killed snakes. They run away from you or you could just turn around. Venomous snakes maybe, but they eat rodents which are of far greater concern.
The chances of dying from a venomous snakebite in the United States is nearly zero, because we have available, high-quality medical care in the U.S. Fewer than one in 37,500 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the U.S. each year (7-8,000 bites per year), and only one in 50 million people will die from snakebite (5-6 fatalities per year). Did you know that you are nine times more likely to die from being struck by lightning than to die of venomous snakebite? The graph below compares deaths from venomous snakebites to some leading causes of death, lightning strikes and other animal related deaths.

 

[HighlandLofts]

I'd bet a majority of snake bits are from people getting in to the snakes personal space instead of leaving them alone.

For the most part FLIGHT OR FIGHT takes place once you are with in the boundaries.

I was told that rattle snakes are not that poisonous all of the time. They said they build up venom to use to disable their prey, after the strike and they inject the venom they have to go through the process of renewing it to strike again.i can't remember how long that cycle takes.
That information might of been bull shit, I really don't know.

Play with fire and you will get burned.

 

[misunderestimated]

Maybe next trip to Florida. Any one interested in a dual purpose Florida trip, Fishing & Snake hunting?

Catch a Florida python, win a T-shirt

 

[Darth]

I like snakes.

Snakes, much like sharks, get an undeserved bad rap. They are both fun to be around and play with the vast majority of the time.

 

[timboy]

I like snakes.

Snakes, much like sharks, get an undeserved bad rap. They are both fun to be around and play with the vast majority of the time.

It's just that small pecentage of the time where they kill you that gets in the way lol.

 

[timboy]

I had a serious jonesing for a NAA Black Jack when they came out,had no need for one but man they just looked cool as shit to me.

 

[Darth]

It's just that small pecentage of the time where they kill you that gets in the way lol.

But even then, it's typically only if provoked.

You have more of a chance on dying on the care ride to the site.

Idk, I just like playing with sharks, and I know snakes get the same rap, so I've always felt bad for them too. :'(

 

[Bananabandit]

I like snakes.

Snakes, much like sharks, get an undeserved bad rap. They are both fun to be around and play with the vast majority of the time.

Sharks...they only bite if you touch the private parts...

What movie? Ready go

 

[HEX]

That's super cheap

Years ago they were actually less expensive in general. I remember seeing them (this is way back mind you) pretty standard at $99.

Anyway, I've never owned one personally but the smallest NAA model has always been on my "maybe just for the hell of it if I ever had extra cash to just play with" list. That situation doesn't come up for me too often, or at least not when there isn't something I consider much more important on my buy list. I was always interested in that particular model very specifically for use with the belt buckle accessory, just for the novelty of it, but I lost most of my interest when they stopped manufacturing the specific belt buckle model that I liked and they became very hard to find. I also lost some interest after actually firing one, because when the novelty wears off it's simply then a very inaccurate gun. That's not to say that some of the other longer barrel/larger models are not accurate; I've heard tell that some of them very much are.

As to the specific purpose as a 'snake gun' , I'd agree completely with @HighlandLofts and say that something somewhat bigger would be more appropriate. Those 22lr shotshells are pretty useless in my opinion, especially due to how they pattern (very badly) out of a rifled barrel of any length.

When I hear people in NY talk about needing a snake gun , I typically think of it just as an excuse to buy another gun (which is fine). It's in the swamps of the deep south and the desert areas of the west where there might really be a need for such a thing. Generally speaking, even in those areas, if you get bitten by a snake that you haven't provoked then it's almost certainly bitten you before you'd ever even know it was there and have had the chance to shoot it. That said, it is perhaps wise to shoot and collect the snake after it's bitten you for positive identification in acquiring the appropriate anti-venom.

 

[Eddie Gunks]

I like snakes. I dont kill (indigenous) them.

That being said, i would be all in for hunting invasive pythons in FL. Sounds great to me.

 

[nortatoga]

I would suggest checking the DEC reg's on snakes? You don't want to get jammed up, Just my 2 cents!!

 

[Saltwater60]

I like snakes. I dont kill (indigenous) them.

That being said, i would be all in for hunting invasive pythons in FL. Sounds great to me.

Hell yeah I agree with that. I'm all for irradicating foreign invaders. Those pythons are causing all sorts of trouble.
I just meant those people that kill all or most snakes down south just for being on their driveway. I will go out of my way to save any animal. Snappers inthe road I help them get where they are going. I also understand shooting them in your pond to protect your fish stock. I dont understand shooting then just to shoot them. I was always taught eat what you shoot. I do understand shooting pests to eliminate them and the threat to your property.